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Agape TiE's case against Microsoft PDF Print E-mail
Written by Caleb Motupalli   
Tuesday, 07 October 2008

Two thousand years ago our Lord Jesus was the only one anointed on earth, having been baptized by water and by the Holy Spirit who descended on Him like a dove. But after Pentecost that followed after His ascension, the Holy Spirit also descended on the Church, and every believer gathered there also became anointed--Christened. Today we are the hands, feet, ears, eyes, etc of Christ, being that Christ Himself lives in us. However, we are visibly disassembled. Agape TiE ® / Totally Integrated Environment® nervous system/user-environment for the Bride's body (corporation viz. the combination of meatspace and cyberspace of all Christians), would enable:

  • The rapture of the Bride's members to Christ as by the drawing of the "Net" (Matthew 13:47-50).
  • The corporate embodiment of Christ in glory as in a vishwarupa darshan, and be clothed with good works (Matt 24:30).
  • Enthrone Christ and His Bride to visibly rule the world.

Tejeswa is a small firm of three engineers registered in 1985 at Hyderabad, Andhra Pradesh. We are also running a branch called Agape TiE. Our product mark is TiE® (Click on link to see registration certificate). It is  depicted within our composite logo at www.agapetie.org. It is registered in the Trade Mark's Registry of the Government of India. It is hereby claimed that the company trading as Microsoft®, is infringing on our mark in its Windows® Vista product.

The following instance of infringement with rational is given to prove our case:

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Specimen A

The Windows® Logo Screen Saver of the Windows® Vista Operating System alternates between the two specimens shown on the left. This juxtapositioning of the two logos causes customers to believe -- wrongly -- that the Windows® Vista product is approved by or somehow connected to our company. Thus Microsoft® is trading on our reputation. To be precise, our current and projected reputation of Christ is being applied by them to the Windows® Vista product. Thus rendering a pre-emptive strike on us. Thereby when we do show up later on in the market, we are portrayed as imitators rather than pioneers. We are doubly portrayed as imitators because our logo is not as elegant as theirs.

 

We contest that the use in the Windows® Logo Screen Saver of Specimen B, a graphic, confirmedly depicting a necktie having both ends visible, sounds and means the same as our mark, TiE®.

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Specimen B

(Confusingly similar to our mark, TiE®)

 

We believe our "Logos" -- the Spirit of Son of God Incorporated is micro-patented and protected through a Trademark Registration -- namely TiE®/Totally Integrated Environment® nervous system/user-environment for synergistically structuring the Bride's body or corporation viz. the combination of meatspace and cyberspace of all Christians (Goods and Services namely, "Recorded and customized Software, Operating Systems, Information Systems, Compilers, Computer and Electronic Hardware" included in International Class 09) with its Product Design is the only logical successor to the state-of-the-art and would leapfrog everything, including what is termed by the media as the new Wearable computing paradigm (http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2007/12/071221175327.htm) or the mobile paradigm. Also, the much touted Microsoft's Digital Nervous System viz. Cyberspace needed a User-Interface to package and sell it and TiE®/ Totally Integrated Environment® is more than suitable for that. Therefore we believe, Microsoft® could not resist the temptation to seize our logo/mark and use it as its own, knowing full well that Windows® logo (micro-patent viz. trademark) is becoming obsolete and will soon fade away. 

What makes this even more grievous is: they are vigorously trying to sell and show that they are the first to market with the mark with their logo, which happens to look more elegant and thus effectively trying to bar our entry into the market.

 

On top of that, they are counting on the fact that my kit-n-kin dismiss my allegation as delusional, because their logo seems after all like a mere graphic of supposedly Aurora. This should cause any jury to spit and fume.

 

We also have testimony from those who worked with Microsoft ® Corporation that it has deliberately lied in the past in the courts of the US Department of Justice in spite of strong advice from counsellors. We believe it will not hesitate to do so (lie) again, especially to avoid treble damages for wilful infringement.

 

SUMMARY:

We contest among other uses, the "animated juxtapositioned use"  in the Windows® Logo Screen Saver of Specimen A (a  trademark for MS brand) with Specimen B (a graphic, depicting a necktie having both ends visible), sounds and means the same as our mark, TiE®. This invariably causes customers to think that products marked with Specimen A have got our company's approval (accreditation) or even somehow connected with us.

 

Some Questions Answered:

1.whether MS is using the phonetic expression "tie" ?
Graphically and meaningfully, Yes!
Whether they are also using with their mouths and with some sound systems is unknown.

2.What is the status of the tie like looking Specimen graphic-Is it trademark, or only a visual art piece?
Indeed they are using it as a trademark because it is animatedly juxtapositioned with graphics containing the symbol TM and ®. The animated juxtapositioning  becomes a trademark context because the screen saver is referred to as a "logo" screen-saver, to be precise “the Windows® Logo screen saver.” This same Windows® Logo screen saver in the past depicted another animated logo showing many static Windows® logos "falling" from supposedly cyberspace. This shows that an animated logo is in use in the current trademark context as well corresponding to the same thing.

Their CURRENT objective is to foil our entry into the market, knowing pretty well they stand a bitter competition with us. Therefore while causing damage to our nascent business through customer confusion, they have devised an escape route or "cover-up" for themselves by way of telling legal entities who happen to question them about Specimen B that it is only a visual graphic of Aurora of the north pole.

3. TiE stands for totally integrated environment.  Is MS passing off any of its products in your registered brand TiE?
TiE® not only stands for necktie but also happens to stand for "Totally Integrated Environment®," which in itself is a trademark of a brand of User-Environment or Operating System Software that runs in TiE® "blackbox" (the combination of computer, network, etc, making up the nervous system of the Bride's Body).  Click here for Merriam-Webster's definition of "blackbox." As i have already said MS is passing off for instance its Operating System product line with our registered brand "TiE® /Totally Integrated Environment®" graphically and semantically. Whether any other associated products like the much touted Digital Nervous System are also being passed off to some select MNCs with our registered or trademarked brands namely, TiE® or The Totally Integrated Environment® is unknown.

4. Please clarify where does MS state that the specimen B is a TIE.  It’s true that it can be interpreted as a tie, but is it Tejeswa’s case that MS has represented it as a tie?

MS can never state that Specimen B is a necktie because it is already trademarked by us in India. At the least what MS is trying to do is sabotage our entry into the market. It is not merely OUR case that MS has represented it as a tie or that we are interpreting it as tie. Rather it is self-evident that it represents a necktie. MS is covertly stating that it is Aurora of the North Pole, only to cause a diversion for those who challenge, while at the same time engaging in the subversion activities.

Just like us (Tejeswa), another company too by the name, Opera Inc. (developers of browsing software for the Internet) may also have a case against Microsoft with the same line of reasoning in the same Operating System environment. Thus making this a Class Action case against Microsoft.

 

 In view of this, we ask all Christians worldwide to stand in solidarity with us to defend Tejeswa/Agape TiE ® logos which is God-breathed in conception and first used in February 1989 in NewArk, NJ, USA. It is God who is making it or rather Him grow in me. He will "branch-out" from me--the mother of TiE® and not from some Microsoft ® Corporation.

 

Thank you for your prayers and support as we dedicate this child to God.

O LORD, bless our substance, and accept the work of our hands.


Caleb Motupalli

Flat # 302 Vijayalakshmi Arcade

Springfield, Medchal Road

Secunderabad-500 055, AP

INDIA

Phone: +91 40 40258587


 

P.S.:

Thus says the Holy Spirit: She will bear a Son and you shall call Him Jesus.

 

Thus says the Holy Spirit on 7th October 2008: "Beware of the leaven (teachings) of the so called "Elders/Bishops" in the Church."

 

Thus says the Holy Spirit about Bill Gates/Windows on 7th October 2008 through a Note on Herod in the Life Application NAS Study Bible (pg 1591 paragraph 4): "He is the Herod of today. Because his royal title is not genuine, Gates/Windows is constantly worried about losing his position. His actions when hearing from the magi about the search for a new king are consistent with all that we know about Gates. He planned to locate and kill the child before He could become a threat. The recent advertising blitz for Vista which has Gates standing in the most Holy place with Jerry Seinfeld, is an Abomination of Desolation spoken of by the Lord Jesus Christ. The murder of innocent children that followed is a tragic lesson in what can happen when actions are motivated by selfishness. Gates suspicions are not sparing even his own corporation members. His life is self-destructive."

 

 

Thus says the Holy Spirit immediately next on 7th October 2008: "In those days the magi travelled thousands of miles to see the king of the Jews. When they finally found Him they responded with joy, worship and gifts. This is so different from the approach that people often take today. We expect God to come looking for us, to explain Himself, prove who He is, and give us gifts. But those who are wise, still seek and worship Jesus today, not for what they can get, but for who He is.”

Who then is the Artaxerexes who will allow us to return to our homeland and allow us to rebuild the firewalls of New Jerusalem?

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